Frequency: (1521)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name from any of numerous places named Rothenberg.
2. Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German Rot(en)berg ‘red mountain’.
GIVEN NAMES: Jewish 6%. Hyman (3), Meyer (3), Chaim (2), Emanuel (2), Shlomo (2), Zvi (2), Arie, Hadassah, Isadore, Isak, Miriam, Mort.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
